Push for European integration is politics, not economics
byThroughout the European debt crises, Germany and its allies in the austerity camp have been urged by financial commentators, particularly in the United Kingdom…
June, 2012
How to fix financial services regulation
by Paul TustainAs I was reading of yet another spectacular mismatch between bank managers’ competence and their remuneration, and this time at JP Morgan no less,…
Prozac-craving markets
by Detlev SchlichterIn my view, there is no escaping the fact that things are not getting better. If anything, they are getting worse. Following the large…
A modest proposal
by Paul TustainA gold sovereign coin is within the UK tax authority’s definition of investment gold. But would a new one pass the tests of fairness…
The most insidious effects of fractional reserve banking
by John TomlinsonThis article was previously published as an addendum to a longer piece on 19 November 2010. The most insidious of all of the unintended…
The euro – lessons from history
by John PhelanWhen currencies and monetary arrangements have broken down it has always been because the currency issuer can no longer fight the lure of the…
Dominic Frisby: In Gold We Trust?
by Andy DuncanDominic Frisby speaks to Michael Green and Matthew Bishop, authors of a new book about the future of money: In Gold We Trust? The…
Is gold in a bubble?
by Detlev SchlichterTo answer this question is not straightforward. As the gold-sceptics keep reminding us, gold pays no coupon and no dividend, it does not offer…
Here be dragons
by Sean CorriganInevitably, when yet another false dawn for the Sinomaniacs turned into a lowering twilight, the newswire reporting surrounding the latest Chinese PMI numbers included…
Sovereign debt crisis going from bad to worse
by Alasdair MacleodThe eurozone continues to keep us in suspense in the wake of the French elections, and pending the second Greek election in as many…